I Think If I Were Over There

I Try To Swim Every Damn Day I Can, And I've Learned To Scuba Dive And Snorkel.

Jazz Is Not Just Music, It's A Way Of Life, It's A Way Of Being, A Way Of Thinking. . . . The New Inventive Phrases We Make Up To Describe Things - All That To Me Is Jazz Just As Much As The Music We Play.

I'm Sorry That I Did Not Become The World's First Black Classic Pianist. I Think I Would Have Been Happier.

Every Day Has Its Emotional Difficulties. I Miss My Mother Whether I'm Singing Her Music Or Not.

From The Beginning, It Has Been A No-no For A Black Man To Touch A White Woman.